Aurora Rose Zboch and Kieona Sashay interview Pow-Wow Cafe chef Shawn Adler. Pow Wow Café is sharing Indigenous culture and food with the people of Kensington Market through a unique twist on a traditional Indigenous bread: Indian tacos. Fried bread was introduced when the Europeans came and brought white flour. A post-contact food, of course,…
Come for Kensington Market, stay for El Arepazo’s arepas
By: Roberto Saprissa and Michael Bahiru El Arepazo stands out as one of Toronto’s only Venezuelan restaurants. Located in Toronto’s prominent Kensington Market, El Arepazo specializes in making a staple dish of Venezuelan cuisine: arepas. The arepa is a street food dish which Talya Davidson, the restaurant’s co-owner, describes as a “Venezuelan hamburger.” “We make…
Downtown food hall will provide venue for cultural restaurants to thrive
By Julia Nowicki and Breanna Carter The opening of a massive food hall in the downtown core this fall will bring quality chefs into the busy financial district and introduce multicultural cuisine to the area. It will also provide a venue for small businesses and restaurateurs to thrive in a location that is otherwise economically…
Food trucks celebrate Toronto’s diversity on the cheap
Food trucks provide a cost efficient and flexible way to start a food business and its causing a wide range of diverse foods to hit Toronto’s streets, according to some food-truck owners. “One of the beauties of a food truck is you can go park somewhere and if that’s not a good spot you can…
Politicians need to engage more with youth voters, Ryerson professor says
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Tuition ‘victory’ for low-income students, Ryerson campaigner says
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Few Ryerson students find Indigenous issues to be important, poll finds
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